It’s reasonable to presume that many of the community have at times, however infrequently, noticed concepts, themes or assets in-game which were clearly extrapolated from our shared reality. For anyone interested in lore and role-playing this can make the in-game universe more intriguing and less unrealistic.
This is an endeavor to list clear examples which we will expand upon as we come across them, hopefully with assistance and additional findings shared by the community.
- Monster
- Name: Hum Baba
- Excerpt: In Ancient Mesopotamian religion, Humbaba surnamed the Terrible, was a monstrous giant of immemorial age raised by Utu, the Sun. Humbaba was the guardian of the Cedar Forest, where the gods lived, by the will of the god Enlil, who “assigned [Humbaba] as a terror to human beings. Gilgamesh and Enkidu defeated this great enemy.”
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbaba
- Animus
- Name: Paimon
- Excerpt: Paimon is a spirit named in the Lesser Key of Solomon (in the Ars Goetia), Johann Weyer’s Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal, the Livre des Esperitz (as “Poymon”), the Liber Officiorum Spirituum (as Paymon), The Book of Abramelin, and certain French editions of The Grimoire of Pope Honorius (as Bayemon); as well as British Library, Sloane MS 3824.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paimon
Please comment additional examples below!
Dagan Dagon and dagnu are also derivations from a same god of the mesopotamic culture. Dagan and Dagon referred to a same god, and Dagnu is probably a mix of those names with Anu which was the god that represented might.
Baal is a word that is translated into Lord but was used to refer false gods between those was Moloch Baal which was a false god that represented purifying fire which matches greatly with all the baal pbs in game.
Bellatos, coras and Accretias were originally humans. Upon being forced to abandon the earth due to lack of resources, the 3 groups developed in space and evolved into the current “nations” they are.